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Title: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: Simba on January 09, 2016, 05:50:53 PM

Found this in a charity shop today, it glows beautifully under uv and has what appears to be a Sunflower impressed into the pontil, any ideas on a maker please ?

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: keith on January 09, 2016, 06:10:20 PM

A number of 'Stourbridge' factories used marks like this, also Walsh,B'ham, so unless someone recognises it that's the best I can do,  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: Simba on January 09, 2016, 10:37:31 PM

Thanks Keith thats a good starting point :D

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: Simba on January 10, 2016, 12:31:21 PM

Should have added that the feet have been finely ground flat...see pic and a better pic of the pontil seal ....measures 9cms high and 19cms wide

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: Gowdod on January 10, 2016, 01:57:34 PM

Dear Angela/Simba,

I have a similar embossed mark on the bottom of my S&W Mat Su Noke piece below. So possibly Stevens and Williams?

Kind Regards

Andrew

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: brucebanner on January 10, 2016, 04:38:06 PM

I like how crazy Victorian glass is and now is the time to buy the prices are rock bottom, love that green vase is it uranium?.

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: Gowdod on January 10, 2016, 04:47:20 PM

Dear Chris,

I've never tried and my UV light is broken. :'(

I'll get another, give it a go and let you know.

It is a fantastic colour combo.

Kind Regards

Andrew

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: flying free on January 10, 2016, 05:41:02 PM

I believe(possibly from memory from Bernard's posts? ) that the gadget that impressed the prunt mark was  sometimes bought 'off the shelf' so more than one maker might have used a similar prunt mark.
So it might be that all elements of design need to be taken into account to try and obtain an id of a specific maker.

Love both pieces on the thread :)

m

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: Simba on January 10, 2016, 05:42:49 PM

thanks Andrew, that's the first one by S & W I have seen with a similar mark....feeling more positive about an ID now...love your green one too !! Thanks for the additional info Flying Free  :)

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: flying free on January 10, 2016, 06:01:05 PM

sorry I don't see the similarity with the prunt on the pontil mark of Andrew's piece  :-\
apart from the fact they both have an impressed mark on the pontil mark (or over the pontil mark).  This occurs on quite a few pieces I've seen.
I have two.
m

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: Lustrousstone on January 10, 2016, 07:24:37 PM

I agree with M I'm afraid

Title: Re: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?
Post by: Simba on January 10, 2016, 07:32:15 PM

Perhaps I should have rephrased it as a' similar type of impressed mark on a pontil' which I have never seen before, not necessarily meaning the two marks were alike...is that clearer  :D